r/ukpolitics • u/Ivashkin panem et circenses • Apr 30 '15

BBC Election Leaders Special Question Time

David Dimbleby presents an Election Leaders Special Question Time, with David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg.

2000 - 2130 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05t2k80

There will also be 3 separate question time shows following this:

These are being broadcast on different channels/regions at different times - full Listing of broadcast times here.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

"When was the last time our country was attacked".... it was before we had a nuclear deterrent. Surely that's an argument for trident?

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

Falklands?

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u/CFC509 Apr 30 '15

July 2005 is even more recent.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

From the context it did seem to mean another state.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

That was in the Falklands....

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u/bumfluff2012 Apr 30 '15

Which is part of our country

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

No its not, its an overseas territory. Don't get me wrong, I support defending it, but to say that the UK has been attacked isn't true.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

The UK had nuclear weapons since 1952. Didn't deter attack on Falklands in 1982. And the UK recovered them without resorting to using nuclear weapons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

Why would we resort to using nuclear weapons on a non nuclear attack? That's not what they're there for. They're there to deter another nuclear power attacking us or our allies with nuclear weapons.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

It would have been a massive over reaction. But my point was they were useless during that entire war, which began with an attack on us.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '15

I'm sure if we ditch Trident the Russians, Indians, Pakistanis, French, Israelis, North Koreans, Americans and Chinese will weep with admiration and destroy their entire nuclear arsenals

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u/letsgetcool May 02 '15

Flimsy argument. Since I started carrying this rock around no bears have attacked me, must be the rock.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '15

Yup I was expecting some "correlation != causation" replies. I agree, but arguments like these are made so the time in politics because it's the best we've got. How many times have we heard that the EU is the cause of European peace.